Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:25:47 +0100 | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.24] mm: BadRAM support for broken memory | |
KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> > This is the latest version of the BadRAM patch, which makes it possible to
>> > run Linux on broken memory. The patch supports the use of a lesser grade
>> > of memory, which could be marketed more cheaply and which would thereby
>> > decrease the environmental stress caused by the process of (memory) chip
>> > manufacturing.
>>
>> What is wrong with mem=exactmap?
>
> Agghh,
> I had forgotten that.
>
> you are right, may be.
More importantly:
memmap=<size>$<len>
already allows you to knock arbitrary holes in the memory map.
-hpa
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